# Young Maids after the Ball

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## Artwork

- Artist: [BORSOS, József](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/borsos-jzsef-rc09fab0034625b>)
- Date: 1851-1900
- Technique: Oil on wood, 122 x 125 cm

## Commentary

This painting is a fine example of the Viennese influence on Hungarian genre painting. In Borsos&#39; picture, brocades, pleats, ribbons, jewels, candelabra, fashion magazines and carpet patterns rival one another in depicting the atmosphere after the girls&#39; ball and the grandiose surroundings. The artist arranged the scene himself as if it were a tableau vivante according to the fashion of those days. Borsos, who portrayed the life of the upper class, tested himself as a stage director. The spell of the night, gossip and musing, a kind of freshness which made the artist want to arrest the irrevocable charm of the moment. The artist&#39;s daughter was one of the models. &lt;p&gt; &lt;table align=left cellpadding=5 border=1 width=320 bgcolor=&#34;\#99cccc&#34;&gt; &lt;tr valign=middle&gt;&lt;td&gt;&lt;img src=&#34;/support/gif/listen.gif&#34; border=0 valign=middle&gt; Suggested listening \(streaming mp3, 3 minutes\):&lt;br&gt;&lt;a href=&#34;\#&#34; onClick=&#34;w=window.open \(&#39;/music1/19\_cent/brahms\_hungarian\_dance.html&#39;, &#39;newWin&#39;, &#39;scrollbars=yes,status=no,dependent=yes,screenX=0,screenY=0,width=350,height=350&#39;\);w.opener=this;w.focus\(\);return true&#34;&gt;&lt;b&gt;Johannes Brahms: Hungarian Dance No 6&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/table&gt;

## Related artworks

- [Homing Pigeon](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/borsos-jzsef-rc09fab0034625b/homing-pigeon-r5ef40d2ca5c4da>)
- [Lady with a Lorgnette](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/borsos-jzsef-rc09fab0034625b/lady-with-a-lorgnette-rb7022cc17ad08c>)
- [Officer of the National Guard](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/borsos-jzsef-rc09fab0034625b/officer-of-the-national-guard-r2332827480fc79>)
- [The Dissatisfied Painter \(Crisis in the Life of a Painter\)](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/borsos-jzsef-rc09fab0034625b/the-dissatisfied-painter-crisis-in-the-life-of-a-painter-r7d16943ab4a695>)

## Attribution

[Web Gallery of Art](<https://beta.wga.hu/pages/about>)